PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA               Item No.      7d 
STAFF BRIEFING 
Date of Meeting    September 30, 2014 
DATE:    September 11, 2014 
TO:     Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Dan Thomas, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer 
Ralph Graves, Managing Director, Capital Development Division 
Michael Tong, Corporate Budget Manager 
SUBJECT:  2015 Corporate and CDD Budgets Briefing 
SYNOPSIS 
The purpose of this briefing is to discuss the 2015 Corporate and Capital Development
Division preliminary budgets. 
BACKGROUND 
The Port is preparing the 2015 budget. The budget process includes setting up and
testing new budget modules in the budget system, budget user training, department and
division strategic and business planning, publishing budget guidelines, establishing
budget targets, entering budget data into the system, running budget allocations and
budget reports, conducting department and division reviews, Executive reviews, and
Commission reviews, publishing the preliminary budget for public comments, adopting
the final budget, filing the statutory budget with the King County Council and Assessor's
Office, and the preparation and release of the final budget document. 
On September 30, 2014, staff will brief the Commission on the Corporate and Capital
Development Division budgets. 
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS BRIEFING 
PowerPoint Presentation. 
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS 
September 11, 2014  2015 Payroll Budget Assumptions Briefing 
August 19, 2014  2015 Tourism and OSR Strategies/Programs Discussion. 
August 5, 2014  2015 Seaport and Real Estate Business Plans Discussion. 
July 29, 2014  2015 Aviation Business Plan Discussion. 
June 10, 2014  Briefing on 2015 Business Plan and Budget Process. 

Template revised May 30, 2013.